Starting the rocket '' Bulava ''. Photo from the site www.farnas.ru The procedure for flight-design tests of the Bulava’s naval base can be changed, a source in the Russian military-industrial complex told RIA Novosti. According to him, the commission to investigate the last unsuccessful launch of Bulava completed the work at the end of December.

Ecuador flag For several days, the Ecuadorian border guards have been holding ten Petersburgers on their base on the border with Peru. This was reported by the TV channel "100 TV". "The expedition under the leadership of the Russian traveler, a member of the Russian Geographical Society, Anatoly Hizhnyak, was detained a few days ago," the channel said in a statement.

Strasbourg Court of Human Rights The Duma Committee on Legislation recommended that deputies ratify the 14th protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides for the reform of the Strasbourg Court. It is reported by ITAR-TASS. This issue will be considered at the plenary meeting on January 15. The deputies agreed to ratify the protocol after the European Council agreed to a mandatory participation in the judge of the judge, which represents the respondent state in Strasbourg.

Doku Umarov. Photo from the site '' Caucasus Center '' The chairman of the board of directors of your financial trusteer, Vasily Boyko, who announced a reward of 1 million rubles for information about the murderer of the Moscow priest Daniil Sysoev, asks the FSB to take him under defense. According to Kommersant, the businessman found threats to him on Kavkazcenter.com.

Pigged pork. Photo Freemarket.kiev.ua Since January 12, Rosselkhoznadzor prohibited the import of meat products to Russia of some enterprises of Belgium, Germany and Moldova due to the detection of harmful substances in it. This was reported by the press service of the department. Restrictions are temporary. In the Belgian pork and German pig, the content of oxytetracycline was revealed.

The flag of the European Union. From the site www.vremea.net The European Union will strive for the complete abolition of visas between the EU and Russia, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain in Moscow Miguel Moratinos.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo from the site www.cursorinfo.co.il The ex-head of the "Yukos" Mikhail Khodorkovsky was awarded the literary prize of the magazine "Banner". This was reported by the press center of the lawyers of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. Khodorkovsky was awarded the prize for his "Dialogues" with Lyudmila Ulitskaya, published in the tenth issue of "Banner" for 2009.

Dagestan map. Frame NTV Not far from the main gas pipeline in the Derbent district of Dagestan, the explosion thundered. This was reported by RIA Novosti by the representative of Makhachkalatransgaz. "About 09.20 in the Derbent district of Dagestan, an explosive device worked on the section of the Mozdok -casimagomed gas pipeline, a gas pipeline was damaged, a fire arose," the agency’s interlocutor said.

Police car. Photo from the website Photofile.ru In Moscow, police officers in a call to call a pedestrian, Interfax reports citing a source in law enforcement. The victim was hospitalized with the knee injury. In fact, a check is carried out. The collision was performed on January 11 at 14.30 on Shipostrostruitnaya Street.

Yukos. Photo by ar Hearings in the European Court of Human Rights in the suit of the Yukos oil company were postponed to March 4. As RIA Novosti reports, this is stated in the Communist of the Strasbourg Court. The hearings that were supposed to take place on January 14 were postponed due to the "impossibility of presence" of the judge from Russia Andrei Bushev and the representative of Russia at the Strasbourg Court of Georgy Matyushkin, the communique said.

Alexander Shokhin. Photo from the site nns.ru Representatives of large business will receive from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin the right to participate in government meetings on an ongoing basis. According to Kommersant, this was achieved by the head of the RSPP Alexander Shokhin. He asked for partial integration of the RSPP into the government.

Automatic interplanetary station "Fobos-Gront". Image from the site www.laspace.ru/rus/phobos.php The first "earthlings" who will visit the Mars satellite on board the Russian interplanetary station Fobos Grunct will be microscopic crustaceans, bacteria, fungi and even Komar larva, Dr. Natalya Novikova from the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMBP) told RIA Novosti.

Accident. Photo Reporter.ru Six cars collided in the Pushkin district of St. Petersburg, Fontanka.ru reports with reference to the press service of the city State Emergencies Ministry. As a result, one person died, four were injured. The accident occurred around midnight on the Moscow highway near the village of Yam-Izhora. Two Renault and Volvo, four vases and one Mercedes collided. The identity of the deceased is established.

Mi-8. Photo from the site www.airwar.ru The commander of the crew of the Mi-8T helicopter, who suffered a catastrophe in Kamchatka on December 29, committed suicide after the fall of the car. This was announced by ITAR-TASS by the representative of the Investigation Department of Transport Anton Artemenko. It was previously assumed that he died during the disaster. According to Artemenko, after the fall, the crew commander provided all possible assistance to pilots who were injured.

The building of the Ministry of Defense. Photo from the official site The police officers of the FSB department in Moscow and the Moscow Region detained the secretary of the housing commission of the Main Automobile Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.